As was widely expected, Steve Jobs used the keynote speech at the WWDC to announce the hotly anticipated iPhone 4 and its newly renamed Operating System, iOS 4.
Launching on June the 24th in the US, UK, France, Germany and Japan from just $199, the new iPhone features the following:
- Stainless steel and glass construction.
- 25% thinner case - just 9.3 mm thin, allegedly the thinnest smartphone to date.
- Apple A4 processor (as used in the iPad).
- Ultra-high resolution screen dubbed the "Retina Display", with a quadrupled resolution of 960x640, equivalent to 326ppi.
- Increased battery life, now at 7 hours of 3G talk, 6 hours of 3G browsing, 10 hours of Wi-Fi browsing, 10 hours of video, and 40 hours of music.
- Front-facing camera with new FaceTime feature for videophone conversations (only available over Wi-Fi).
- Rear-facing camera is now 5 megapixels with an LED flash.
- Video can now record in HD, 720p @ 30fps.
- Wi-Fi now at 802.11n.
- Available in black or white.
- Available in 16GB or 32GB capacities.
The iPhone 4 will of course ship with the iPhone OS 4, which has now simply been renamed to just "iOS 4", which features multi-tasking, folders, and iAds.
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